Mr. Bowman is helping out in the office. Guest teacher Ms. Reid.
Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
Language Arts1:00 - 1:30 pm
Journals
Remember to write at least 20 lines
Think about punctuation, new paragraphs, spelling, word choice, and capitalization.
Share your thoughts. Make it interesting.
#733>>>> pick one
Describe the best room in your house.
Draw your head, then fill it up with words and pictures showing what’s going on in there.
thrumminginthemixture:>>>> >>>> Here is a compilation of the most “interesting” prompts, according to students in my Honors English 3 and English 5 classes. Additionally, about 3 of these are also on the most “uninteresting” list from the same sample group. >>>> I chose prompts each day, admittedly, that were what I thought to be most likely to be engaging to my students. I taught for a total of 6 or 7 weeks with one prompt a day.
Free write (anything on your mind!)
Social 1:30 - 2:00 pm
Chapter 5/6/7/8 Review Sheet (Now Due)
Chapter 8 Confederation Worksheet (Due by Friday)
Your Country (Part 1)
If you reach the end of this sheet, ask Ms. Reid if you can find me for the problem
Walk & Talk 2:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Earn a 15 minute walk around the school to the playground
Follow the transcript here if you want to read the poem
Sarah Kay is a spoken word poet. . . she has several interesting ideas about how to be great writers, poets, and humans
Write in your journal. . . it has been a while, make it a great one. Remember, at least 20 lines. Write in the journal. . .not on the computer. Think about editing. Write to invoke emotion. Write about all the topics, or pick 1.
What advice would you give your children in Grade 7 if you were a parent?
What happened during spring break?
Pretend you are explaining your Heritage Fair project to a grandparent
If we were planning an overnight trip for Grade 7, what ideas do you have?
Free write. . . any thing on your mind.
Spelling 1:45 - 1:55 pm
Write the A-L letters of the word in one color, and the M-Z letters in a different color. . . . E X A M P L E
Heritage Fair Final Preparations
Presentations start tomorrow. Come prepared to WOW the class.
Social - Chapter 5 - AcadiaHealth with Mr. Tetz, 2:05 - 3:05 pm
Bulletin Board Challenge
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Tuesday
Feb 26
Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
Capitalization Worksheet 1:00 - 1:45 pm
Language Arts
Heritage Fair
Social - Chapter 5 - Acadia
Bulletin Board Challenge
Here are some examples of what other classes created:
Wednesday
Feb 27
Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
Language Arts
Journals
What are your thoughts about Heritage Fair?
Places you have traveled
Watch this video by Canadian poet Shane Koyczan and write your thoughts about bullying and fitting in.
Or watch this video of the poem that Shane Koyczan shared at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics about Canada to a worldwide audience of 1 billion people!
Free Write! What is on your brain. . . what is great? what is troubling? what makes you, you?
Use every book, website, magazine, newspaper, Youtube video, Twitter, expert you can to find good information
REMEMBER to write down your sources for your bibliography
Ask an expert
Create 7-12 questions to ask an expert
If you can't figure out who an expert is, ask around for ideas
Also write out your introduction if you are doing an in-person or phone interview
Write out a formal e-mail if you are e-mailing your question
Have your questions/e-mail's proofread by a teacher before sending
Compiling your information
Figure out which information goes together
Write in a font and size that is easy to read from a few steps away
Are you missing any important information. . . go back and research some more.
Display
Pick two or three main colors
Make the title easy to read
Think about where your pictures and text should go. Strike a balance.
Neatness is important. Cut straight. Place things on your display straight.
Matting helps your information stand out.
Will you include anything else in your display - models, charts, pictures, uniforms, artifacts, flags, costumes?
Presentation
Know your information so well that you do not have to read it off your board.
What information will you share? It doesn't have to be everything on the board. You can share extra.
Speak loud! Watch for distracting behaviors like speaking fast, swaying back and forth, or lots of umm's.
Social
Bulletin Board Challenge
Pick your Final Say Person. . .
Judged on Monday
Each category is head to head with the other team. . . whichever team wins the most head-to-head battles will win the baked goods and the right to use the bulletin board in the Chapter 5 Quiz.
Class with Ms. Cook 2:05 - 3:05 pm
Continue work time
Friday
March 1
Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
Language ArtsSocial
Heritage Fair
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Week #23 - Pirate Rewards!
Monday
Feb 18
Family Day, No School
Tuesday
Feb 19
Attendance
Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
Language ArtsSocial
Pirate Script Presentations
Library 1:30 - 2:00 pm
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Wednesday
Feb 20
Attendance
Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
Pirate Reward
Movie - Cutthroat Island
Treat - Root Beer
Thursday
Feb 21
Teacher's Convention - No School
Friday
Feb 22
Teacher's Convention - No School
Week #22 - Dance or Walk the Plank!
Monday
Feb 11
Attendance
Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
Feedback Sheets
Language Arts
Spelling - Write any letters that are also in your name a different color
Example. . . . (Bowman) . . . . . example
Pirate Scripts
Pirate Legacy Project
SocialHealth with Mr. Tetz (2:05 - 3:05 pm)
The Fur Trade
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Tuesday
Feb 12
Attendance
Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
Language Arts
Spelling - Make a list. . .start with the word with the fewest letters and end with the word with the most letters.
Library 1:30 - 2:00 pm
SocialDance with 3rd Street Beat - 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Study for Chapter 1-4 Quiz tomorrow
Extra time
Finish Missing Work
Pirate Jobs
Create a Pirate Avatar
Read, study, write, help, draw, edit, ask for an ipad
Pirate Fun
Wednesday
Feb 13
Attendance
Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
Language Arts
Spelling - Write the word in fancy letters.
Journal
Luke from 3rd Street Beat had some advice on how to live life. He mentioned that if you love something (100% involved in it), you will automatically have fun with it. Good advice?
Would you be willing to spend six months at the International Space Station like Commander Chris Hadfield? What would be awesome about it? What challenges would there be?
What is something you would like to try?
Check out this cool website about the size of everything. What do you think?
Free write - anything on your mind
Social - Chapter 4Pirate Script presentations
Chapter 1-4 Review
Couerer de bois
Voyageurs
How did the fur trade change from Phase 1 to 5?
What did the Europeans want in Phase 1?
Where did Phase 1 start?
Who dominated Phase 2 of the fur trade?
Missionaries
What did the British start in 1670
Metis
Was the fur trade friendly in Phase 5?
page 135 - Which were positive and which were negative effects of the fur trade
Impacts of the fur trade
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Thursday
Feb 14
Mr. Bowman is attending a meeting in the office. Guest Teacher is Mrs. Paetkau.Attendance
Up to 200 shells will be awarded today based on the Guest Teacher report.
Just two days left to collect shells. You make your decision Friday afternoon.
Language Arts - With Mrs. Fleury. Learning about poetry and starting to write a winter poem.
Social- With Ms. Boos
Health -with Mr. Tetz - 2:05 - 3:05 pm
Tuesday
Dec 18
Attendance
Language Arts - With Mrs. Fleury. Continue writing winter poem and submit to Mrs. Fleury by the end of the day so she can turn all of them into a booklet
Early Finishers- Finish up any unfinished assignements or work on Christmas cards for the community
Social - With Ms. Boos
School Assembly - 2:00 pm
Wednesday
Dec 19
Attendance
Language Arts - With Mrs. Fleury. Smack That game
Journals
Social - With Ms. Boos
Thursday
Dec 20
Attendance
Social - With Ms. Boos. Social Quiz
Start How The Grinch Who Stole Christmas in the music room
Friday
Dec 21
Attendance
Finish How The Grinch Who Stole Christmas in the music room & possible party. Do you have enough points?
2:00 pm Dismissal
Happy Holidays!
Week #15 - Concert Week
Monday
Dec 10
Attendance
Spelling-No Spelling this week (short week)
Language Arts:Work period- work with group practicing readers theater. Some tips:1) highlight your part on your own script. 2) Look at the book of your script for some ideas. 3) Practice from the beginning to end going in proper order. 4) Think of props and costumes you may want to include (have them ready for Wednesday) 5) Different groups to different areas- The Grinch group use the lab, 'Twas the Night.. group Hallway, Daisy Head Mayzie group use classroom (so Mrs. Fleury can assist you), Green Eggs & Ham group use ??? 6) Be ready to present on Wednesday
Social- With Ms. Boos
Health -with Mr. Tetz - 2:05 - 3:05 pm
Tuesday
Dec 11
Attendance
Dress Rehearsal for Concert in Gym 1:00- until finished
Remember to be back at school at 6:00 for evening performance
Wednesday
Dec 12
Attendance
Special Guest- Mr. Untershultz back with us again
Readers Theater Presentations- Grading Rubric is under assignments.*Remember be a good audience*, listening, eye contact, "quiet observing", you are the one being read to when you are part of the audience.
Readers Theater Nominations- wait till every group has presented then Mrs. Fleury will hand out your special ballot so you can vote. And the winning presentation is..... Green Eggs & Ham by Brayden and Joel!
Journals (time permitting). Here are some ideas: 1) Favorite part of the Christmas concert 2) Your favorite activity/sport to do 3) If you were an inventor what would you invent and why 4) Tell me about your family 5) Freewrite
Social- With Ms. Boos 2:05- 3:05
Thursday
Dec 13
Noon Dismissal - No Classes.
Teacher Conferences 1:00 - 8:00
Have a great weekend!!!!
Friday
Dec 14
No school all day
Week #14 - Report Card Week
Monday
Dec 3
Attendance - Train game! First person starts with the name of a food, next person says a different food that starts with the same letter that the first word ended with. For example I will say candy, Ms. Boos would say yams. Listen carefully so you know what letter your food should start with!
Spelling - Write each word with consonants in one color, and vowels in a different color. i.e. decorations
Feedback Sheets come to you on Thursday this week. . . (they are called report cards.)
Language Arts- with Mrs.Fleury- Work period.
1)Finish up Grinch poster and have it put up on display.
2) Finish up friendly letter, good copy on good paper and hand-in by end of the day.
3) Can make a holiday card to deliver in the neighborhood at a later date.
4) Add to class wiki.
Social- with Ms. BoosHealth with Mr. Tetz - 2:05 - 3:05 pm
Explorers of Canada Work Time
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Tuesday
Dec 4
Attendance- name a sport you can do outside
Spelling - Do an activity on spellingcity.com, Grinch word search for those done early.
Language Arts - with Mrs. Fleury- Watching the cartoon version of How The Grinch Stole Christmas today. Then we are doing a venn diagram comparing and contrasting the audio/book version vs. the cartoon version. I have the venn diagram for you to fill out.
Social - with Ms. Boos
Wednesday
Dec 5
Attendance- name a famous person
Our special guest Mr. Untershultz is with us again today.
Spelling - Make a wordle out of the spelling list. 1) Go to www.wordle.net/
2) Click create. 3)Type in your most difficult word ten times, next difficult word nine times, and so on and so forth 4) Click on go and see your word cloud you created 5) Show Mrs. Fleury, Ms. Boos or Mr. Bowman when you are done creating before you leave the wordle page. Check example on spelling words page. Add yours to the spelling word page if you like.
Language Arts - with Mrs. Fleury Today we are starting our readers theater project. Each of you will have a chance to pick which readers theater you would like to do to be performed in front of the whole class on Monday December 10. Class will vote on various categories and we will have a readers theater awards ceremony following presentations. Choose from 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (4), Green Eggs & Ham (2), The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (8) or Daisy Head Mayzie (14).
Before you start on journal please fill out exit pass with your selected readers theater and the role you are playing. Hand in to Mrs. Fleury when done.
Journals-Some ideas:Social - with Ms. Boos
What are your plans for winter break?
If you could have any power of a superhero, what would it be and why? What would you name yourself?
Which came first the chicken or the egg? Tell me more defend your argument.
Write down a really great appropriate joke to share with me.
Freewrite
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Thursday
Dec 6
Attendance - What city were you born in?
Presentation - Monybany Dau: Lost Boys of Sudan.
Language Arts - With Mrs. Fleury.1) Spelling Test on piece of paper, no laptops, at assigned spot. See whiteboard for example of how to set up your page complete with title, name, date and numbered 1- 12. 2) May have time to practice readers theater.
Social - With Ms. Boos
Friday
Dec 7
Noon Dismissal - No Classes. Have a great weekend!
Week #13 - The Grinch & Explorers
Monday
Nov 26
Attendance- What is your favorite color?
Spelling-make a crossword puzzle out of the spelling words. See the board for an example
Feedback Sheets
Language Arts - with Mrs.Fleury.
Today we are starting a new unit on How The Grinch Stole Christmas.
You are going to design an opening soon movie poster. The important date is December 20,2012.
Some other things you could include are:main actors,the name of the director, name of characters and a tagline i.e. "Whoville will never be the same". (There are a few you can include others). For examples google "film posters for How The Grinch Stole Christmas"
Social - with Ms. BoosHealth will be tomorrow. . . Mr. Tetz had a meeting today.
Explorers of Canada Work Time
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Tuesday
Nov 27
Attendance-What is your role in the explorer project?
Spelling-"Sentence Please", write each word in a sentence
Language Arts - with Mrs. FleurySocial - with Ms. Boos
Listening to the Audio recording of How The Grinch Stole Christmas.
Take notes for an upcoming activity to be used for comparing to the cartoon version of the movie.
Library 1:30 - 2:00 pm
Health with Mr. Tetz - 2:05 - 3:05 pm
Wednesday
Nov 28
Attendance-What is your favorite food?
Spelling-Write a rhyming word with each word i.e. nimbly limbly
Language Arts - with Mrs. Fleury
Journals-Some ides:
Tell me two things about yourself.
What is your favorite Dr.Suess book and why?
Tell me about your favorite Christmas holiday?
Freewrite
Writing a letter to Santa from the Grinch.
Your letter is to be in a friendly letter format.
Please see power point under assignments for additional help and examples.
Grading rubric is also under assignments.
Social - with Ms. Boos
Explorer Presentations
Thursday
Nov 29
Attendance- Name one musician/band.
Language Art - With Mrs. Fleury
Spelling Test- in chairs at tables please. On a piece of paper, no laptops.
Will continue L.A. after Ms. Boos' lesson:Reading favorite Dr. Suess book to Grade One buddies. *Remember things we have talked about 1)Read it yourself first so you are familiar with tempo & rhythm 2) Hold book so your buddy can see the pictures 3) Read with expression 4) Have Fun!**
Social - With Ms. Boos
Explorers - Looking for the New World = Space Explorer
Explorer Perspective
Language Arts - With Mrs. Fleury
Grinch Letters
Reading to Grade 1 buddies (2:30 pm)
Friday
Nov 30
Noon Dismissal - No Classes. Have a great weekend!
Week #12 - The Student Teachers are back!
Monday
Nov 19
Attendance
Welcome back Student Teachers - Miss. Boos & Mrs. Fleury. They will be at Glendale until Christmas.
Spelling - Homonym week! - Short, but often confused words. Give a definition for each word.
Feedback Sheets
Language Arts 1:00 - 2:00 pmHealth with Mr. Tetz - 2:05 - 3:05 pm
Homonym worksheet
Ultimate Monster story. . . edit, edit, edit
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Tuesday
Nov 20
Attendance - A word that should be capitalized.Spelling - Complete a spelling test at Spellingcity.com
Welcome Brianna to our class.
Language ArtsLibrary 1:30 - 2:00 pm
Ultimate Monster Story - edit, edit, edit
Social
Age of Maps
Place the 5 maps in the correct order
Look for clues in the map that will help you decide which came first
Chapter 2 - draw your own illustrated notes based on our lecture last week.
During the 1300's Europeans land trade routes to India and China (for silk, dyes, china, spices) were disrupted by the rise of the Ottoman Empire.
Europeans (especially France, Britain, Portugal, Spain, Netherlands, and Italy) sought to find ways to reach India and China by boat
Bigger ships and the invention of the compass and astrolabe allowed Europeans to sail further from land
Portugal was the first to sail around Africa to find India. They attempted to stop any other European power from sailing around Africa.
Countries started to wonder about sailing across the Atlantic Ocean to find China and India.
In 1492, Christopher Columbus (Cristoforo Colombo - his Italian name) was hired by the Queen of Spain to sail. He did not discover China. . instead, he landed in the Caribbean.
In 1497, John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto - his Italian name) was hired by Britain and became the first European to land in Canadian lands since the Vikings
Wednesday
Nov 21
Attendance - A (real) word longer than 10 letters.
Spelling - Zig Zag words - write the word in a zig zag pattern. . .see the board for example.
Language Arts
Journals - Topic Ideas
Introduce yourself to the student teachers
Ask the student teachers at least 2 questions
If you were to meet someone famous. . you would want to meet:
Christmas Concert ideas? The premise is that Santa would like to be as stylish as the people at Glendale School.
Free Write - Anything exciting from the last week, Anything you are looking forward to, Anything on your mind.
Social
Explorer Project
The iPad will pick groups of 4
Each group needs to designate a Captain, Sailor, Navigator, and Artist
Decide which explorer to research
Complete the 3 tasks for your position.
Finish Work
Monster Stories - Due Thursday (edit, edit, edit)
All missing work - In by Friday to count on Report Card #1
Illustrated Social Notes from Tuesday's class
Thursday
Nov 22
Attendance - The explorer your group decided to research?
Spelling Test
Language Arts
Ultimate Monster Story - edit, edit, edit
Send your story to at least 1 other person for editing
When editing, try to give at least 5 things that you liked, and 5 things the writer should think about
Social
Explorer Project
Finish Work
Monster Stories. . . e-mailed or printed today.
Any missing work, turned in by Friday for Report Card #1
Explorer Project
Clean Classroom
Read
Update the Wiki
Friday
Nov 23
Noon Dismissal - No Class
Week #11 - Back to Routine - Turn your Awesome Up!
Monday
Nov 12
Fall Break - No Class
Tuesday
Nov 13
Attendance - Something great from your Fall Break in 15 seconds or less
Find one more great first line from a story/novel not listed here and post it to this discussion
Write a great first line for your story.
Monster stories often include some sort of transformation. . . misunderstood to friendly, evil to nice
Story should have a setting, problem, bigger problem, resolution
This isn't a rush project. . . we might rewrite it several times before Christmas.
Library / Book Exchange - 2:00 - 2:30 pm
Tuesday will be our new Library time. We will now get Health for an hour every Monday.
Social
Chapter 2 - European Explorers
During the 1300's Europeans land trade routes to India and China (for silk, dyes, china, spices) were disrupted by the rise of the Ottoman Empire.
Europeans (especially France, Britain, Portugal, Spain, Netherlands, and Italy) sought to find ways to reach India and China by boat
Bigger ships and the invention of the compass and astrolabe allowed Europeans to sail further from land
Portugal was the first to sail around Africa to find India. They attempted to stop any other European power from sailing around Africa.
Countries started to wonder about sailing across the Atlantic Ocean to find China and India.
In 1492, Christopher Columbus (Cristoforo Colombo - his Italian name) was hired by the Queen of Spain to sail. He did not discover China. . instead, he landed in the Caribbean.
In 1497, John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto - his Italian name) was hired by Britain and became the first European to land in Canadian lands since the Vikings
Wednesday
Nov 14
Attendance - Name one thing you should recall from yesterday's illustrated lecture about European Explorers.
"My diorama project represents the _ group 1000 years ago. Three things you should notice about my project are 1. 2. 3. . I hope you enjoyed learning a little about the _ group."
Library 2:00 - 2:30 pm
Health with Mr. Tetz 2:35 - 3:05 pm
Tuesday
Oct 23
Attendance - Share a noun. (Nouns are people, places, or things.)
=====Spelling Activity - Close your eyes to write the word.=====
Something you would like mentioned at Parent/Teacher interviews
Stratosphere Jump. . . would you do it? What would it be like?
What world record would you like to hold?
Have you ever experienced bullying? How did you deal with it?
Free Write. . . anything on your mind
Social
Diorama Presentations
Health with Mr. Tetz 2:05 - 3:05 pm
Thursday
Oct 18
Noon Dismissal - No Class
Parent / Teacher Interviews 1:00 - 8:00 pm - All students who send a parent or guardian get a prize!
Friday
Oct 19
No School
Week #6 - Monsters & Dioramas
Monday
Oct 8
Thanksgiving. . . no school
Tuesday
Oct 9
Welcome student teachers: Mrs. Fleury & Ms. Boos
Attendance - Something Canadians should be thankful for?
Feedback Sheets
Language Arts
Spelling Activity - Write each word with your right hand and left hand
Worksheet - Lesson 23 - ie/ei words
Worksheet - Lesson 22 - homonyms
Social
Current Events
Life 1000 years ago - research & dioramas
Research a First Nation group
Make a bibliography (Cite your sources. Include at least one book source)
Create a diorama that would represent how your group would have lived 1000 years ago. Try to include shelter, food sources, activities, tools, and climate in the diorama.
'Just ask' if you need supplies. I will get them if I can.
Wednesday
Oct 10
Attendance - Something you learned about how an indigenous group lived 1000 years ago
Language Arts
Spelling Activity - Disappearing Letters . . . Example, Exampl, Examp, Exam, Exa, Ex, E
Journal Entry
Your Thanksgiving Weekend
Clubs you have joined
What scares you?
What is your favorite part of Grade 7 so far? Laptops? Friends? Classes? Teachers? Clubs? Sports? Field trips? Wiki?
Write a letter to the mayor. Check back to Tuesday for a description.
Red Deer Tenner and Letter is due for Monday
A $20 for your thoughts
You must answer every question with a thoughtful answer that could be right. You will get full marks for the question if you provide a thoughtful answer.
Friday
Sept 14
Half Day - No Class
Week #1
Tuesday
Sept 4
- Attendance - Say a word that describes you and starts with the same letter as your name - Welcome to Grade 7! - Intro to the Wiki - Field trip through the school - Get to know your classmates - Social
Draw a map of Canada from memory. Add as much detail as you can (provinces, rivers, lakes, mountains, cities).
- LA
Write a short note about your first day at school
Ask someone at home to write a paragraph about you
It might look like this:
Dear Mom/Dad,
The first day of school was _. My favorite part was . I also really enjoyed meeting my teacher _, who will teach me _. My LA teacher would like someone from my house to write a paragraph about me to help introduce who I am! (Don't worry, it is not for marks!). Love, .
Wednesday
Sept 5
- Attendance - Name a city in Canada - Hand in Parent Homework (Paragraph about you) if you have it
Week #40 - The Final Week!
Monday
June 24Tuesday
June 25Wednesday
June 26Thursday
June 27Friday
June 28Week #39 - Canada Game Week!
Monday
June 17- Reading - 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Social
- Review of Chapter 9
- Finish Everything
- Play Canada Game
- Language ArtsHealth with Mr. Tetz - 2:05 - 3:05 pm
- Finish Everything
- Practice LA Test
#Tuesday
June 18Wednesday
June 19- Reading - 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- SocialLanguage Arts
- Canada Game Due
#Thursday
June 20- Reading - 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Language ArtsMs. Cook will be here 2:05 - 3:05 pm
- LA7 Final
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June 21Week #38 - Get it Done Week!
Monday
June 10- Mr. Bowman is at a meeting today, The guest teacher will be Mrs. Polishuk.
- Reading - 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Social
- Chapter 5/6/7/8 Review * Overdue
Social 7 - Chpt 5678 - Review.doc
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- Chapter 8 Textbook Questions *Overdue
Social 7 - Chpt 8 - Textbook questions.doc
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- Your Country *Overdue
Social 7 - Chpt 8 - Your Country.doc
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- Chapter 9 Textbook Questions * Due June 12
- Canada Game * Due June 19
Social 7 - Final Project - CanadaGame.doc
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- Language ArtsHealth with Mr. Tetz - 2:05 - 3:05 pm
- Poetry Unit * Overdue
poetryunit2013.doc
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- Documentary * Due June 21
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June 11Wednesday
June 12Thursday
June 13Friday
June 14Week #37 - Going to Drumheller!
Monday
June 3Tuesday
June 4- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Social
- Language ArtsHealth with Mr. Tetz - 2:05 - 3:05pm
- Spelling
- Documentaries. . The Canada I Want To Live In
- Library 1:30 - 2:00 pm
#Wednesday
June 5Thursday
June 6Friday
June 7Week #36 - Idol Week!
Monday
May 27- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Create your week work plan
Gr 7 Week Plan.docx
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- Social
- Your Country Part 1 and Part 2
- Chapter 9 Booklet
- The Canada Game
- Language ArtsHealth with Mr. Tetz - 2:05-3:05pm
- Spelling
- Pick at least 10 words from your spelling list and submit them to Mr. B or place them on the wiki here
- Documentaries. . The Canada I Want To Live In
#Tuesday
May 28Wednesday
May 29Thursday
May 30- Ms. Cook will start the class today. Mr. Bowman will return at 2:00 pm.
- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Guest Lecture - Composting 1:00 - 2:00 pm
- Language Arts
- Social
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May 31Week #35 - Short Movie Week!
Monday
May 20Tuesday
May 21Wednesday
May 22Thursday
May 23Friday
May 24Week #34 - Making a Movie!
Monday
May 13- Attendance
- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Language ArtsHealth with Mr. Tetz, 2:05 - 3:05 pm
- Spelling
- Pick at least 10 words from your spelling list and submit them to Mr. B or place them on the wiki here
- Documentary Unit - The Canada I Want To Live In
#Tuesday
May 14Wednesday
May 15Thursday
May 16Friday
May 17Week #33 - Spring into documentaries!
Monday
May 6Tuesday
May 7Wednesday
May 8Thursday
May 9Friday
May 10Week #32 - Movie Makers. . . get your camera's ready!
Monday
April 29- Attendance
- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Language Arts
- Spelling
- Pick at least 10 words from your spelling list and submit them to Mr. B or place them on the wiki here
- Hand in Poetry Anthology
- Start Documentary Unit - The Canada I Want To Live In
- What is a Documentary?
- examples from last year: #1
- example from last year #2
- SocialHealth with Mr. Tetz, 2:05 - 3:05 pm
- Recap Chapter 6
- Use the Jeopardy game to review
Social 7 - Chpt 6 - Jeopardy2013.ppt
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- Use your Chapter 5 Quiz to review Chapter 1-5
#Tuesday
April 30Wednesday
May 1What would you like to improve for the future of Canada?... at AnswerGarden.ch.
- Social 1:30 - 2:05 pm
- Chapter 1-6 Quiz marks back
- Chapter 7 - The Events Leading up to Confederation
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May 2Friday
May 3Good Luck to all the students presenting at the Regional Heritage Fair tomorrow!
Week #31 - The REBELLION Showdown!
Monday
April 22- Attendance
- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Language ArtsHealth with Mr. Tetz, 2:05 - 3:05 pm
- Spelling
- Pick at least 10 words from your spelling list and submit them to Mr. B or place them on the wiki here
- Poetry Anthology
#Tuesday
April 23Wednesday
April 24- Social 1:30 - 2:05 pm
- Chapter 6 Rebellion
- Loyalists to the Computer Lab and check your Firstclass e-mail
- School of Kelci stay in Room 202.
- If TimeBonus Health with Mr. Tetz - 2:05 pm - 3:05 pm
- Work on Poetry Anthology
*Thursday
April 25Friday
April 26Week #30 - Heritage Fair Presentations & The REBELLION!
Monday
April 15- Attendance
- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Language ArtsHealth with Mr. Tetz, 2:05 - 3:05 pm
- Spelling
- Order the list from shortest words to longest words.
- Heritage Fair
- Presentations
#Tuesday
April 16Wednesday
AprilThursday
April 18Friday
April 19- Lunch 1:00 pm (delayed because of presentation at Memorial Centre at 11:30 am.)
- Reading 1:00 - 1:15 pm
- Language ArtsSocial - Chapter 6
- Spelling Quiz
- Poetry Unit
#Week #29 - The Final Stretch!
Monday
April 8- Attendance
- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Language ArtsHealth with Mr. Tetz, 2:05 - 3:05 pm
- Spelling
- 10 words to find in this tricky word search
Spelling April 8,2013.pdf
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- Choose to open the file in Adobe Acrobat
- Use the highlight feature to mark each word each word you find
- Heritage Fair
- Double check. .. are you missing anything? Bibliography, interview
- Do you have time for an extra? model, chart, costume
- Anything you can upgrade? cut neater, bigger title
- Presentation Hints
- Bad/Good Examples of Presentation skills
#Tuesday
April 9Wednesday
April 10Thursday
April 11- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Language ArtsPoetry Anthology with Ms. Cook - 2:05 - 3:05 pm
- Spelling Quiz
- Heritage Fair Presentations
- Quintin
- Justin F
- Justin M
- Eric, Braydon, Westley
#Friday
April 12Week #28 - 3 Days!
Monday
March 25- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Language Arts
- No Spelling this week.
- Heritage Fair
- Research
- Become the expert in the school
- Probably need about 10 pages of notes
- Use every book, website, magazine, newspaper, Youtube video, Twitter, expert you can to find good information
- REMEMBER to write down your sources for your bibliography
- Ask an expert
- Create 7-12 questions to ask an expert
- If you can't figure out who an expert is, ask around for ideas
- Also write out your introduction if you are doing an in-person or phone interview
- Write out a formal e-mail if you are e-mailing your question
- Have your questions/e-mail's proofread by a teacher before sending
- Compiling your information
- Figure out which information goes together
- Write in a font and size that is easy to read from a few steps away
- Are you missing any important information. . . go back and research some more.
- Display
- Pick two or three main colors
- Make the title easy to read
- Think about where your pictures and text should go. Strike a balance.
- Neatness is important. Cut straight. Place things on your display straight.
- Matting helps your information stand out.
- Will you include anything else in your display - models, charts, pictures, uniforms, artifacts, flags, costumes?
- Presentation
- Know your information so well that you do not have to read it off your board.
- What information will you share? It doesn't have to be everything on the board. You can share extra.
- Speak loud! Watch for distracting behaviors like speaking fast, swaying back and forth, or lots of umm's.
- SocialHealth with Mr. Tetz, 2:05 - 3:05 pm
- Acadia Animations
- Step 3: Practice drawing your 10 items
#Tuesday
March 26Wednesday
March 27Thursday
March 28Friday
March 29Week #27 - More Fair, More Animation!
Monday
March 18- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Language Arts
- No Spelling this week.
- Heritage Fair
- Research
- Become the expert in the school
- Probably need about 10 pages of notes
- Use every book, website, magazine, newspaper, Youtube video, Twitter, expert you can to find good information
- REMEMBER to write down your sources for your bibliography
- Ask an expert
- Create 7-12 questions to ask an expert
- If you can't figure out who an expert is, ask around for ideas
- Also write out your introduction if you are doing an in-person or phone interview
- Write out a formal e-mail if you are e-mailing your question
- Have your questions/e-mail's proofread by a teacher before sending
- Compiling your information
- Figure out which information goes together
- Write in a font and size that is easy to read from a few steps away
- Are you missing any important information. . . go back and research some more.
- Display
- Pick two or three main colors
- Make the title easy to read
- Think about where your pictures and text should go. Strike a balance.
- Neatness is important. Cut straight. Place things on your display straight.
- Matting helps your information stand out.
- Will you include anything else in your display - models, charts, pictures, uniforms, artifacts, flags, costumes?
- Presentation
- Know your information so well that you do not have to read it off your board.
- What information will you share? It doesn't have to be everything on the board. You can share extra.
- Speak loud! Watch for distracting behaviors like speaking fast, swaying back and forth, or lots of umm's.
- SocialHealth with Mr. Tetz, 2:05 - 3:05 pm
- Acadia Animations
- Step 3: Practice drawing your 10 items
#Tuesday
March 19Wednesday
March 20Thursday
March 21Friday
March 22Week #26 - 5 Days of Fair!
Monday
March 11Tuesday
March 12Wednesday
March 13Thursday
March 14Step 3: Practice creating a drawing of your 10 steps
Friday
March 15Week #25 - Bulletin Board & Fair!
Monday
March 4Tuesday
March 5Wednesday
March 6- Mr. Bowman is at Band Camp. Mrs. Bell will be the guest teacher.
- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Language ArtsSocial
- Journals
- Heritage Fair
#Thursday
March 7Friday
March 8Week #24 - The start of Heritage Fair!
Monday
Feb 25- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Language Arts
- Introduction of Heritage Fair
- What is Heritage Fair
Social 7 - HistoricaFair TopicIdeas.pdf
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- Heritage Minutes
- Social - Chapter 5 - AcadiaHealth with Mr. Tetz, 2:05 - 3:05 pm
- Bulletin Board Challenge
#Tuesday
Feb 26Wednesday
Feb 27Thursday
Feb 28Friday
March 1- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Language ArtsSocial
- Heritage Fair
#Week #23 - Pirate Rewards!
Monday
Feb 18Tuesday
Feb 19- Attendance
- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Language ArtsSocial
- Pirate Script Presentations
- Library 1:30 - 2:00 pm
#Wednesday
Feb 20Thursday
Feb 21Friday
Feb 22Week #22 - Dance or Walk the Plank!
Monday
Feb 11- Attendance
- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Feedback Sheets
- Language Arts
- Spelling - Write any letters that are also in your name a different color
- Example. . . . (Bowman) . . . . . example
- Pirate Scripts
- Pirate Legacy Project
- SocialHealth with Mr. Tetz (2:05 - 3:05 pm)
- The Fur Trade
#Tuesday
Feb 12Wednesday
Feb 13- Attendance
- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Language Arts
- Spelling - Write the word in fancy letters.
- Journal
- Luke from 3rd Street Beat had some advice on how to live life. He mentioned that if you love something (100% involved in it), you will automatically have fun with it. Good advice?
- Would you be willing to spend six months at the International Space Station like Commander Chris Hadfield? What would be awesome about it? What challenges would there be?
- What is something you would like to try?
- Check out this cool website about the size of everything. What do you think?
- Free write - anything on your mind
- Social - Chapter 4Pirate Script presentations
- Chapter 1-4 Review
- Couerer de bois
- Voyageurs
- How did the fur trade change from Phase 1 to 5?
- What did the Europeans want in Phase 1?
- Where did Phase 1 start?
- Who dominated Phase 2 of the fur trade?
- Missionaries
- What did the British start in 1670
- Metis
- Was the fur trade friendly in Phase 5?
- page 135 - Which were positive and which were negative effects of the fur trade
- Impacts of the fur trade
#Thursday
Feb 14Friday
Feb 15Week #21 - Trade you this Beaver Felt for a Bottle of Shells
Monday
Feb 4- Attendance
- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Feedback Sheets
- Language Arts
- Spelling - Write all 10 words while saying the letters
- Social
- Phases of the Fur Trade
- Language ArtsHealth with Mr. Tetz (2:05 - 3:05 pm)
- Pirate Dialogues
#Tuesday
Feb 5Wednesday
Feb 6- Attendance
- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Language Arts
- Spelling - Write the hardest word the largest and the easiest word small
- Journal
- What will life be like in 2025?
- Write a pirate story that will make my spine tingle.
- Halfway through Grade 7. . . any reflections?
- Who do you admire?
- Free write - anything on your mind
- Social - Chapter 4
- ### 5 Phases of the Fur trade
- Standards of Trade Sign
- Video - First Voyage to Fort William
>>Thursday
Feb 7Research Tweets - Use Twitter to share useful information about the Fur Trade
Friday
Feb 8Week #20 - Fur Trading Pirates
Monday
Jan 28Tuesday
Jan 29- Attendance
- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Language Arts
- Spelling - Write the word with your eyes closed.
- Grammar
- New Speaker - New Paragraph
- New Paragraph - Indent
- New Topic - New Paragraph
- Past/Present Tense
- Lesson 37,39, 40, 41
- Treasure Island Read Out Loud - Chapter 3
- Library - Book Exchange - 1:30 pm
- Social
- Textbooks Chapter 4
- Extra timeBonus: Pirates of the Caribbean - The Real Story - Documentary
- Finish Missing Work
- Pirate Jobs
- Create a Pirate Avatar
- Read, study, write, help, draw, edit, ask for an ipad
#Wednesday
Jan 30- Attendance
- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Assembly 1:00 - 2:00 pm
- Language ArtsSocial - Chapter 4
- Spelling - Write the word with your opposite hand.
- Journals
EDU 503 - Final Paper - With notes.doc
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- New Topic = New Paragraph
- New Speaker = New Paragraph
- New Paragraph = Indent
- Write honestly. Creatively. Take risks. Be proud of it.
- Get an editor or offer your editing skills.
- A time when you wanted to be alone
- Would you want a super hero power?
- What would a world with Driver less cars be like?
- Are video games good or bad?
- Free write - anything on your mind
#Thursday
Jan 31- Attendance
- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Language Arts
- Spelling - Write the word in Bubble Letters
- Pirate Business
- SocialAssembly - Presentation from BMX
- Phases of the Fur Trade
#Friday
Feb 1Week #19 - Pirates & Pirate Ship Dodgeball?
Monday
Jan 21- Social - Chapter 4 - The Fur Trade
- Textbook Chapter 4
- Extra TimeHealth with Mr. Tetz (2:05 - 3:05 pm)
- Finish missing work
- Pirate jobs
- Create a Pirate Avatar
- Read, study, write, help, draw, redo, edit, ask for an iPad
#Tuesday
Jan 22- Attendance
- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Language Arts
- Spelling - Draw each word in a snake pattern
- Grammar
- New Speaker - New Paragraph
- New Paragraph - Indent
- New Topic - New Paragraph
- Summarizing Worksheet
- Treasure Island Read Out Loud - Chapter 2
- Library - Book Exchange - 1:30 pm
- Social
- Current Events
- Textbooks Chapter 4
- Extra timeBonus Activity: Pirate Improv
- Finish Missing Work (Pirate Wanted Poster, Pg 60 Summarize, Water of Canada Map, Colonist Pictures)
- Pirate Jobs
- Create a Pirate Avatar
- Read, study, write, help, draw, edit
#Wednesday
Jan 23Thursday
Jan 24Friday
Jan 25Week #18 - Pirates! Sailing the Seven Seas
Monday
Jan 14- Attendance
- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Language Arts
- Spelling1:00 - 1:15 pm
- Write each letter of the word getting bigger. E X A M P L E
- Pirate Business
- Introduction to Pirate Jobs
- Develop a Pirate Code
- Treasure Island: Chapter 1
treasureisland03stev.pdf
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- Social - Chapter 4 - The Fur Trade
- Major Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans of Canada
- Extra Time(Health -is moved to Wednesday this week)
- Finish missing work
- Pirate jobs
- Create a Pirate Avatar
- Read, study, write, help, draw, redo, edit, ask for an iPad
#Tuesday
Jan 15Wednesday
Jan 16- Attendance
- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Language Arts
- Spelling 1:00 - 1:15 pm
- Make each word walk the plank (you decide what that looks like.)
- Journals
- Read the story by Grade 7 student R.L. Peabody: The Hard and Good Times of RLP
RLPeabody.pdf
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- What makes this story great?
- Write Your Story
- pick something that actually happened to you
- write in the style of RL Peabody
- Social - Chapter 3
- Social
- Use this document:
Social 7 - Chpt 3 - Colonialpictures.doc
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- Find 3 pictures that represents what life was like in the British or French colonies around 1600-1750.
- The search term 'colonial' might help locate relevant pictures
- Look closely at the picture and make 5 thoughtful observations (eg. The winter's must be cold because they have a lot of warm clothing on.")
- Make a thoughtful prediction about what might happen next in the picture
>Thursday
Jan 17- Attendance
- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Language Arts
- Spelling Activity 1:00 - 1:15 pm
- Write the word wrong twice and right once. Then circle the right spelling.
- Example: Pirrate (x) Piratt (x) Pirate (circled
- Pirate Business
- Introduce Pirate Legacy Project
- Treasure Island Chapter 2
- Reading Comprehension - Pirates: The Jolly Roger
PiratesJollyRoger.pdf
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- Social
- Rivers Map
- Colonist Pictures
- Life of the Voyager Game -
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Jan 18- Attendance
- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Language Arts
- Spelling Quiz 1:00 - 1:15 pm
- Treasure Island Chapter 2 - Read Aloud
treasureisland03stev.pdf
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- Finish Missing Work
- Pirate Wanted Poster
- Pirates: An Introduction
PiratesIntro.pdf
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- Pirates: The Jolly Roger
PiratesJollyRoger.pdf
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- Social Textbook Summary of 4 speakers on Page 60
- Social Rivers/Lakes Map
Social 7 - Chpt 4 - canadariversmap.pdf
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- Social Colonist Pictures
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- All caught up? Ask Mr. Bowman for 10 shells!Health 2:05 - 3:05 pm with Mr. Tetz
- Pirate Jobs
- Read, draw, study, use the wiki, help, write, pirate legacy
#Week #17 - 2013 - The Year of the Pirate
Monday
Jan 7- Attendance
- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Language ArtsHealth -with Mr. Tetz - 2:05 - 3:05 pm
- Spelling1:00 - 1:15 pm
- Write the word and a definition
- Pirate Business
- Introduction to the Pirate Unit 1:15 - 2:05 pm
- Pirate Jobs
- Pirate Treasure Shells
- Pirate Choose Your Adventure Read-Aloud Story
#Tuesday
Jan 8Wanted
pirate’s name
Also Known AS (AKA)
Early days (where and when pirate was born, nationality)
Appearance and Attire
Personality
Likes/Dislikes
Hang Outs
Place last seen
Wanted For
Wednesday
Jan 9Thursday
Jan 10- Attendance
- Reading 12:45 - 1:00 pm
- Language ArtsSocial - Chapter 3
- Spelling Quiz 1:00 - 1:15 pm
- Pirate Business
- Elect Captain: Justin M., Kolton, Justin F., Quintin, Eric, Anson, Casey
- Elect Quartermaster: Kelci, Quintin, Dylan, Eric, Brandon, Anson, Noah, Nadia, Braydon
- Reading Comprehension - Pirates Intro
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#Friday
Jan 11Week #16 - The Final School Week of 2012
Monday
Dec 17Tuesday
Dec 18Wednesday
Dec 19Thursday
Dec 20Friday
Dec 21Happy Holidays!
Week #15 - Concert Week
Monday
Dec 10
Tuesday
Dec 11Wednesday
Dec 12Thursday
Dec 13Friday
Dec 14
Week #14 - Report Card Week
Monday
Dec 3
- Attendance - Train game! First person starts with the name of a food, next person says a different food that starts with the same letter that the first word ended with. For example I will say candy, Ms. Boos would say yams. Listen carefully so you know what letter your food should start with!
- Spelling - Write each word with consonants in one color, and vowels in a different color. i.e. decorations
- Feedback Sheets come to you on Thursday this week. . . (they are called report cards.)
- Language Arts- with Mrs.Fleury- Work period.
- 1)Finish up Grinch poster and have it put up on display.
- 2) Finish up friendly letter, good copy on good paper and hand-in by end of the day.
- 3) Can make a holiday card to deliver in the neighborhood at a later date.
- 4) Add to class wiki.
- Social- with Ms. BoosHealth with Mr. Tetz - 2:05 - 3:05 pm
- Explorers of Canada Work Time
#Tuesday
Dec 4
Wednesday
Dec 5
- Attendance- name a famous person
- Our special guest Mr. Untershultz is with us again today.
- Spelling - Make a wordle out of the spelling list. 1) Go to www.wordle.net/
- Language Arts - with Mrs. Fleury Today we are starting our readers theater project. Each of you will have a chance to pick which readers theater you would like to do to be performed in front of the whole class on Monday December 10. Class will vote on various categories and we will have a readers theater awards ceremony following presentations. Choose from 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (4), Green Eggs & Ham (2), The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (8) or Daisy Head Mayzie (14).
- Journals-Some ideas:Social - with Ms. Boos
- What are your plans for winter break?
- If you could have any power of a superhero, what would it be and why? What would you name yourself?
- Which came first the chicken or the egg? Tell me more defend your argument.
- Write down a really great appropriate joke to share with me.
- Freewrite
#2) Click create. 3)Type in your most difficult word ten times, next difficult word nine times, and so on and so forth 4) Click on go and see your word cloud you created 5) Show Mrs. Fleury, Ms. Boos or Mr. Bowman when you are done creating before you leave the wordle page. Check example on spelling words page. Add yours to the spelling word page if you like.
Before you start on journal please fill out exit pass with your selected readers theater and the role you are playing. Hand in to Mrs. Fleury when done.
Thursday
Dec 6
Friday
Dec 7Week #13 - The Grinch & Explorers
Monday
Nov 26
- Attendance- What is your favorite color?
- Spelling-make a crossword puzzle out of the spelling words. See the board for an example
- Feedback Sheets
- Language Arts - with Mrs.Fleury.
- Today we are starting a new unit on How The Grinch Stole Christmas.
- You are going to design an opening soon movie poster. The important date is December 20,2012.
- Some other things you could include are:main actors,the name of the director, name of characters and a tagline i.e. "Whoville will never be the same". (There are a few you can include others). For examples google "film posters for How The Grinch Stole Christmas"
- Social - with Ms. BoosHealth will be tomorrow. . . Mr. Tetz had a meeting today.
- Explorers of Canada Work Time
#Tuesday
Nov 27
Wednesday
Nov 28
Thursday
Nov 29
Friday
Nov 30
Week #12 - The Student Teachers are back!
Monday
Nov 19
- Attendance
- Welcome back Student Teachers - Miss. Boos & Mrs. Fleury. They will be at Glendale until Christmas.
- Spelling - Homonym week! - Short, but often confused words. Give a definition for each word.
- Feedback Sheets
- Language Arts 1:00 - 2:00 pmHealth with Mr. Tetz - 2:05 - 3:05 pm
- Homonym worksheet
- Ultimate Monster story. . . edit, edit, edit
#Tuesday
Nov 20
Wednesday
Nov 21
Thursday
Nov 22
Friday
Nov 23
Week #11 - Back to Routine - Turn your Awesome Up!
Monday
Nov 12
Tuesday
Nov 13
Wednesday
Nov 14
Thursday
Nov 15
Friday
Nov 16
Week #10 - We Remember with Shadows
Monday
Nov 5
Tuesday
Nov 6
Wednesday
Nov 7
Thursday
Nov 8
Friday
Nov 9
Week #9 - Monsters and Shadows
Monday
Oct 29
Tuesday
Oct 30
Wednesday
Oct 31
Thursday
Nov 1
Friday
Nov 2
Week #8 - The Monster's Tale (for real this time!)
Monday
Oct 22
Feedback Sheets Spelling Activity - Write the word with BIG, small, BIG, small, letters - ExAmPlE
Plan Remembrance Assembly Presentation
remembranceshadow2011.doc
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Diorama Presentations
"My diorama project represents the _ group 1000 years ago. Three things you should notice about my project are 1. 2. 3. . I hope you enjoyed learning a little about the _ group."
Library 2:00 - 2:30 pm
Health with Mr. Tetz 2:35 - 3:05 pm
Tuesday
Oct 23
Attendance - Share a noun. (Nouns are people, places, or things.)
Social
1. Finish Diorama presentations - Matthew, Brooke, Westley, Anson, Brandon/Casey/Kelci/Taylor
Language Arts
1. Monster Webs (should be finished)
Life Sized Monsters
The Ultimate Monster Story
Send Mr. Bowman your ideas for the Remembrance Presentation
Wednesday
Oct 24
- Attendance - Share a verb. (Verbs are action words. . . . running, raced)
- Spelling Activity - Write the list in reverse alphabetical order (z words first. . . a words last.)
- Language ArtsHealth with Miss. Nielsen - 2:35 - 3:05 pmHealth with Miss. Nielsen - 2:35 - 3:05
- Journal Entry
- Remember, your entry should be at least 10 lines for 'C' level writing
- Your ideas are most important. . . but do think about spelling, capitalization, punctuation, neatness, vocabulary, grammar
- New topic = New paragraph
- You have 30 minutes of class time to write. If you finish early, pick another topic, rewrite, or edit.
- If you haven't written anything in 3 minutes, call Mr. Bowman over.
- Topic Ideas:
- Some people are at "We Day" today in Calgary listening to speakers. Have you ever heard a speaker that inspired you? Tell the story.
- The first snow fall . . . why does it make you feel happy, angry, peaceful, sad, and excited?
- Write about making a diorama/model for someone who can only hear about it on the phone.
- Why do you think Frankenstein's monster is so angry in the book? What is the monster's story?
- Free write. . . anything on your mind.
- Shadow Play for Remembrance Day
- We have 10 classes to create an awesome presentation
- Shadow introduction
- Ideas
#Thursday
Oct 25
- Attendance - Share an adjective. (Adjectives describe nouns. . . RED wagon, MAGIC wand.)
- Current Events - We Day, Lance Armstrong
- Language ArtsShadow Play
- Spelling Activity - Write the word and then an adjective to describe the word
- Frankenstein Chapter 3 - The Monster's Tale
- Frankenstein Chapter 3 Questions
#Friday
Oct 26
Week #7 - The Monster's Tale
Monday
Oct 15
No Feedback Sheets. . . Parent / Teacher Interview Week
Library 2:00 - 2:30 pm
Health with Mr. Tetz 2:35 - 3:05 pm
Tuesday
Oct 16
Wednesday
Oct 17
Attendance
Health with Mr. Tetz 2:05 - 3:05 pm
Thursday
Oct 18
Friday
Oct 19
Week #6 - Monsters & Dioramas
Monday
Oct 8
Tuesday
Oct 9
Wednesday
Oct 10
- Attendance - Something you learned about how an indigenous group lived 1000 years ago
- Language Arts
- Spelling Activity - Disappearing Letters . . . Example, Exampl, Examp, Exam, Exa, Ex, E
- Journal Entry
- Your Thanksgiving Weekend
- Clubs you have joined
- What scares you?
- What is your favorite part of Grade 7 so far? Laptops? Friends? Classes? Teachers? Clubs? Sports? Field trips? Wiki?
- Free write. . . anything on your mind
- Add a monster to the wiki page:Monster Page
- SocialYou will get extra Health next week. . . Mr. Tetz is away today.
- Haudensaunee Story
- Life 1000 years ago - research
#Thursday
Oct 11
Friday
Oct 12
Week #5 - We Give Thanks to October
Monday
Oct 1
Tuesday
Oct 2
Wednesday
Oct 3
- Attendance - Name a 'named' street in Red Deer
- Language Arts
- Spelling Activity - Draw the word 3 times, each time getting bigger
- Journal Entry
- What makes a monster?
- Any monsters under your bed?
- A top 10 list
- What are rainy days good for?
- Free write. . . anything on your mind
- SocialHealth with Mr. Tetz - 2:35 - 3:05 pm
- Life 1000 years ago - research
#Thursday
Oct 4
Friday
Oct 5
Week #4 - A 'Just About Normal' Week. . . (if only it was 5 days)
Monday
Sept 24
- Attendance - Name a Prime Minister of Canada or President of the US
- Feedback Sheets
- Language Arts
- Spelling Activity - Write the word forward and backwards
- A lot
- I'm
- probably
- awesome
- writing
- Wednesday
- Languages
- buffalo
- favourite
- because
- A lot is two words
- The Mysterious Alot
- SocialLibrary Reading Time - 2:00 - 2:30 pm
- Dry Island Prezi's
- Answer the following questions in a prezi presentation. Use pictures to support your answers.
- What is Dry Island?
- Why is it called Dry Island?
- What made it a good site for a buffalo jump?
- What evidence did you see of human impact?
- What evidence did you see of non-human impact to the Dry Island area?
- What was the buffalo used for by the First Nation people?
- Final impressions.
#Tuesday
Sept 25
Wednesday
Sept 26
- Attendance - What did the indigenous people of Canada use buffalo for?
- Language Arts
- Spelling Activity - Write the word in a pyramid
- e
- ex
- exa
- exam
- examp
- exampl
- example
- "ME and MY friend" or "MY Friend and I"?
- Journal Entry
- Reflections of Dry Island
- A great time with friends
- What would it be like to be join a buffalo hunt 1000 years ago?
- What do you think of the Skatepark construction? Anything else that should be built?
- Free write. . . anything on your mind
- SocialHealth with Mr. Tetz - 2:35 - 3:05 pm
- Dry Island Prezis
- Chapter 1 - Indigenous People
#Thursday
Sept 27
Friday
Sept 28
Week #3 - FIELDTRIP Week!
Monday
Sept 17
Tuesday
Sept 18
- Girls run at 1:00 pm, Boys at 1:15 pm
- Congrats to everyone that finished the race!
Wednesday
Sept 19
3. Social
Thursday
Sept 20
Bus leaves at 8:45 am and arrives back at 3:05 pm
Friday
Sept 21
Week #2
Monday
Sept 10
- Feedback Sheets
- Wiki Reminders
- Language Arts
- Library Time - 2:00 - 2:30 pm
- Social
Tuesday
Sept 11
- Language Arts
- Social
Wednesday
Sept 12
- Fieldtrip Permission Forms
- Language Arts
- Social
Thursday
Sept 13
- Attendance - Name a lake or ocean in the world
- Hand in Field trip forms, homework
- Language Arts
- Social
Friday
Sept 14
Week #1
Tuesday
Sept 4
- Welcome to Grade 7!
- Intro to the Wiki
- Field trip through the school
- Get to know your classmates
- Social
- Draw a map of Canada from memory. Add as much detail as you can (provinces, rivers, lakes, mountains, cities).
- LAWednesday
Sept 5
- Hand in Parent Homework (Paragraph about you) if you have it
- LA
Thursday
Sept 6
- Hand in Parent Homework
- LA
- Social
Friday
Sept 7
- Social
- Friday Fun